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Paul G Shekelle

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1 Systematic review: impact of health information technology on quality, efficiency, and costs of medical care. Ann Intern Med 2006 24.62
2 Interventions that increase use of adult immunization and cancer screening services: a meta-analysis. Ann Intern Med 2002 8.18
3 Systematic review: the evidence that publishing patient care performance data improves quality of care. Ann Intern Med 2008 8.01
4 Interventions for the prevention of falls in older adults: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials. BMJ 2004 5.34
5 The quality of medical care provided to vulnerable community-dwelling older patients. Ann Intern Med 2003 5.28
6 Meta-analysis: surgical treatment of obesity. Ann Intern Med 2005 5.17
7 Will my patient fall? JAMA 2007 5.11
8 Probiotics for the prevention and treatment of antibiotic-associated diarrhea: a systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA 2012 4.57
9 Spinal manipulative therapy for low back pain. A meta-analysis of effectiveness relative to other therapies. Ann Intern Med 2003 4.50
10 Quality of care is associated with survival in vulnerable older patients. Ann Intern Med 2005 4.05
11 Meta-analysis: pharmacologic treatment of obesity. Ann Intern Med 2005 4.04
12 Delivery of genomic medicine for common chronic adult diseases: a systematic review. JAMA 2008 4.01
13 Costs and benefits of health information technology. Evid Rep Technol Assess (Full Rep) 2006 3.94
14 Relationship between number of medical conditions and quality of care. N Engl J Med 2007 3.78
15 Next-day care for emergency department users with nonacute conditions. A randomized, controlled trial. Ann Intern Med 2002 3.51
16 Evidence for improving palliative care at the end of life: a systematic review. Ann Intern Med 2008 3.48
17 The quality of pharmacologic care for vulnerable older patients. Ann Intern Med 2004 3.34
18 Meta-analysis: effect of interactive communication between collaborating primary care physicians and specialists. Ann Intern Med 2010 3.00
19 Diagnosis, microbial epidemiology, and antibiotic treatment of acute otitis media in children: a systematic review. JAMA 2010 2.85
20 Costs and benefits of health information technology: new trends from the literature. Health Aff (Millwood) 2009 2.71
21 Patients' global ratings of their health care are not associated with the technical quality of their care. Ann Intern Med 2006 2.68
22 Diagnosing and managing common food allergies: a systematic review. JAMA 2010 2.66
23 Patients using chiropractors in North America: who are they, and why are they in chiropractic care? Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2002 2.54
24 Public reporting on quality in the United States and the United Kingdom. Health Aff (Millwood) 2003 2.51
25 Bariatric surgery for weight loss and glycemic control in nonmorbidly obese adults with diabetes: a systematic review. JAMA 2013 2.49
26 A practice-based intervention to improve primary care for falls, urinary incontinence, and dementia. J Am Geriatr Soc 2009 2.36
27 Screening and management of adult hearing loss in primary care: scientific review. JAMA 2003 2.31
28 A review of the evidence for the effectiveness, safety, and cost of acupuncture, massage therapy, and spinal manipulation for back pain. Ann Intern Med 2003 2.25
29 Electronic patient portals: evidence on health outcomes, satisfaction, efficiency, and attitudes: a systematic review. Ann Intern Med 2013 2.15
30 Efficacy and comparative effectiveness of atypical antipsychotic medications for off-label uses in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA 2011 2.13
31 Combining multiple indicators of clinical quality: an evaluation of different analytic approaches. Med Care 2007 2.07
32 Health information technology: an updated systematic review with a focus on meaningful use. Ann Intern Med 2014 2.02
33 Patients' preferences for technical versus interpersonal quality when selecting a primary care physician. Health Serv Res 2005 2.01
34 Consequences of health trends and medical innovation for the future elderly. Health Aff (Millwood) 2005 1.95
35 Pregnancy and fertility following bariatric surgery: a systematic review. JAMA 2008 1.79
36 Perceived barriers to weight management in primary care--perspectives of patients and providers. J Gen Intern Med 2007 1.69
37 The quality of medical care provided to vulnerable older patients with chronic pain. J Am Geriatr Soc 2004 1.67
38 Does better quality of care for falls and urinary incontinence result in better participant-reported outcomes? J Am Geriatr Soc 2011 1.62
39 Comparative effectiveness of pharmacologic treatments to prevent fractures: an updated systematic review. Ann Intern Med 2014 1.61
40 Antimicrobial prophylaxis for urinary tract infection in persons with spinal cord dysfunction. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2002 1.60
41 The effect of a quality improvement initiative on the quality of other aspects of health care: the law of unintended consequences? Med Care 2007 1.54
42 Chiropractic in North America: a descriptive analysis. J Manipulative Physiol Ther 2005 1.53
43 A systematic review of health care efficiency measures. Health Serv Res 2009 1.52
44 Psychiatric effects of ephedra use: an analysis of Food and Drug Administration reports of adverse events. Am J Psychiatry 2005 1.50
45 How useful are unpublished data from the Food and Drug Administration in meta-analysis? J Clin Epidemiol 2003 1.49
46 Mass mailings have little effect on utilization of influenza vaccine among Medicare beneficiaries. Am J Prev Med 2002 1.45
47 What context features might be important determinants of the effectiveness of patient safety practice interventions? BMJ Qual Saf 2011 1.45
48 Predictors of overall quality of care provided to vulnerable older people. J Am Geriatr Soc 2005 1.45
49 Detection and management of falls and instability in vulnerable elders by community physicians. J Am Geriatr Soc 2004 1.43
50 Usage and effect of health information exchange: a systematic review. Ann Intern Med 2014 1.40
51 A systematic review of measures of end-of-life care and its outcomes. Health Serv Res 2007 1.40
52 Quality of osteoarthritis care for community-dwelling older adults. Arthritis Rheum 2006 1.37
53 Development of quality indicators for patients undergoing colorectal cancer surgery. J Natl Cancer Inst 2006 1.34
54 Cost-effectiveness of screening with B-type natriuretic peptide to identify patients with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction. J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 1.28
55 Systematic review of women veterans' health: update on successes and gaps. Womens Health Issues 2011 1.27
56 Dysplasia and risk of further neoplastic progression in a regional Veterans Administration Barrett's cohort. Am J Gastroenterol 2005 1.23
57 Preventing visual loss from chronic eye disease in primary care: scientific review. JAMA 2004 1.21
58 The state of women veterans' health research. Results of a systematic literature review. J Gen Intern Med 2006 1.21
59 How does context affect interventions to improve patient safety? An assessment of evidence from studies of five patient safety practices and proposals for research. BMJ Qual Saf 2011 1.20
60 Self-monitoring of blood glucose levels in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus not taking insulin: a meta-analysis. Am J Manag Care 2008 1.19
61 The role of theory in research to develop and evaluate the implementation of patient safety practices. BMJ Qual Saf 2011 1.16
62 Comparison of administrative data and medical records to measure the quality of medical care provided to vulnerable older patients. Med Care 2006 1.15
63 Two methods provide similar signals for the need to update systematic reviews. J Clin Epidemiol 2012 1.12
64 Developing quality indicators for elderly patients undergoing abdominal operations. J Am Coll Surg 2005 1.11
65 Quality of care for older persons at the dawn of the third millennium. J Am Geriatr Soc 2003 1.11
66 Developing quality indicators for elderly surgical patients. Ann Surg 2009 1.09
67 Safety of probiotics used to reduce risk and prevent or treat disease. Evid Rep Technol Assess (Full Rep) 2011 1.08
68 The appropriateness method has acceptable reliability and validity for assessing overuse and underuse of surgical procedures. J Clin Epidemiol 2012 1.08
69 Appropriateness criteria to assess variations in surgical procedure use in the United States. Arch Surg 2011 1.07
70 The effectiveness of computerized order entry at reducing preventable adverse drug events and medication errors in hospital settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Syst Rev 2014 1.07
71 Quality measures for symptoms and advance care planning in cancer: a systematic review. J Clin Oncol 2006 1.05
72 The quality of care provided to vulnerable older community-based patients with urinary incontinence. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2004 1.04
73 Appropriateness criteria: a useful tool for the cardiologist. Heart 2008 1.03
74 A qualitative examination of primary care providers' and physician managers' uses and views of research evidence. Int J Qual Health Care 2005 1.02
75 Methodological approaches for a systematic review of end-of-life care. J Palliat Med 2005 1.02
76 Combination endoscopic band ligation and sclerotherapy compared with endoscopic band ligation alone for the secondary prophylaxis of esophageal variceal hemorrhage: a meta-analysis. Dig Dis Sci 2005 0.99
77 Randomized controlled trial of mindfulness-based therapy for dyspnea in chronic obstructive lung disease. J Altern Complement Med 2009 0.99
78 Identifying quality improvement intervention publications--a comparison of electronic search strategies. Implement Sci 2011 0.98
79 Risk of bias: a simulation study of power to detect study-level moderator effects in meta-analysis. Syst Rev 2013 0.98
80 Screening and management of adult hearing loss in primary care: clinical applications. JAMA 2003 0.98
81 A cost-effectiveness analysis of a proposed national falls prevention program. Clin Geriatr Med 2010 0.95
82 Reliability of clinical guideline development using mail-only versus in-person expert panels. Med Care 2003 0.94
83 Inpatient fall prevention programs as a patient safety strategy: a systematic review. Ann Intern Med 2013 0.94
84 Systematic reviews for evidence-based management: how to find them and what to do with them. Am J Manag Care 2004 0.94
85 Smoking-cessation interventions by type of provider: a meta-analysis. Am J Prev Med 2004 0.93
86 Design of a continuous quality improvement program to prevent falls among community-dwelling older adults in an integrated healthcare system. BMC Health Serv Res 2009 0.92
87 Meta-analysis of dyspepsia and nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs. Arthritis Rheum 2003 0.92
88 A surveillance system to assess the need for updating systematic reviews. Syst Rev 2013 0.91
89 Outcomes of intravesical botulinum toxin for idiopathic overactive bladder symptoms: a systematic review of the literature. J Urol 2010 0.90
90 Preventing and managing visual disability in primary care: clinical applications. JAMA 2004 0.90
91 Antioxidants vitamin C and vitamin e for the prevention and treatment of cancer. J Gen Intern Med 2006 0.88
92 Quality of life, utilities, quality-adjusted life-years, and health care decision making: comment on "Estimating quality of life in acute venous thrombosis". JAMA Intern Med 2013 0.87
93 Identifying continuous quality improvement publications: what makes an improvement intervention 'CQI'? BMJ Qual Saf 2011 0.87
94 A framework for classifying patient safety practices: results from an expert consensus process. BMJ Qual Saf 2011 0.86
95 Reporting of context and implementation in studies of global health interventions: a pilot study. Implement Sci 2014 0.85
96 Do proxies reflect patients' health concerns about urinary incontinence and gait problems? Health Qual Life Outcomes 2005 0.85
97 Challenges in assessing the process-outcome link in practice. J Gen Intern Med 2015 0.84
98 A comparison of frameworks evaluating evidence for global health interventions. PLoS Med 2013 0.83
99 The English star rating system--failure of theory or practice? J Health Serv Res Policy 2005 0.82
100 Electronic health record-based interventions for improving appropriate diagnostic imaging: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Ann Intern Med 2015 0.81
101 A pilot study using machine learning and domain knowledge to facilitate comparative effectiveness review updating. Med Decis Making 2012 0.81
102 Invited commentary: Implementation of health information technology: an important but challenging field of inquiry. Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) 2006 0.80
103 Management of Acute Otitis Media: update. Evid Rep Technol Assess (Full Rep) 2010 0.79
104 Quality indicators in bariatric surgery: improving quality of care. Surg Obes Relat Dis 2006 0.79
105 Redesign of an electronic clinical reminder to prevent falls in older adults. Med Care 2013 0.78
106 Quality-of-care indicators for pelvic organ prolapse: development of an infrastructure for quality assessment. Int Urogynecol J 2013 0.77
107 WITHDRAWN: Spinal manipulative therapy for low-back pain. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2013 0.77
108 Efficiency and its measurement: what practitioners need to know. Am J Manag Care 2009 0.76
109 Formative evaluation of the telecare fall prevention project for older veterans. BMC Health Serv Res 2011 0.75
110 What Defines a High-Performing Health Care Delivery System: A Systematic Review. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 2017 0.75
111 Pragmatic Insights on Patient Safety Priorities and Intervention Strategies in Ambulatory Settings. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 2017 0.75